Fiat 127 MOT reliability

Fiat 127s passed their MOT first time 65% of the time across 23 tests in 2025. 110 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 23 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

65%

MOTs analysed

23

Still licensed (GB)

110

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

1997 diesel

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 67%. Typical mileage 91,648 (most between 83,597 and 104,693).

2005: 100% → 2006: 59% → 2007: 94% → 2008: 82% → 2009: 67% → 2010: 65% → 2011: 82% → 2012: 86% → 2013: 81% → 2014: 80% → 2015: 80% → 2016: 53% → 2017: 77% → 2018: 83% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 85% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 56% → 2023: 64% → 2024: 33% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Track rod end: ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (33.3%)
Outline marker lamp: not working (33.3%)
Horn: not working (33.3%)

Where 1997 127s fail

Lights & electrics

33.3%

Steering

33.3%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.